Polyamory Weekly
Summary: Minx and her listeners discuss loving more and polyamory, the lifestyle of being involved in more than one commited, long-term, loving relationship with the full knowledge and consent of all parties involved. In this community-driven show, each week Minx talks sex, relationships, communication, family, erotica, psychology, orgasms and anything else that comes up in the ins and outs of the daily polyamorous lifestyle.
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Podcasts:
We chat with Kat Stark, blogger, podcaster, and author of the new book, Yelling in Pasties: the Wet Coast Confessions of an Anxious Slut, about what it's like to discover polyamory, question one's gender identity, and deal with anxiety and depression in one's mid-40s.
A listener who is in her first poly triad writes in to ask about shared calendars after her married partners surprised her by setting a date with another couple, despite their being in a closed triad. Are shared calendars a substitute for communication in polyamory?
Listener Heather writes in to ask how to weed out the jerks and cheaters when dating. Should she remove "polyamorous" from her dating profile? Minx gives advice on poly dating.
Dr. Liz Powell shares advice on dealing with grief and loss in relationships, both in terms of the death of a partner or metamour and in the breakup of one or more of your polyamorous relationships.
What if my metamour won't meet me? My metamour asked my partner to uninvite me to an event he'd invited me to to avoid meeting me, and now I feel displaced. Minx and Lusty Guy give advice on this poly situation.
Cesar's wife told him she missed him and then left to be with her lover. Is the solution to tell her not to say she misses him? Lusty Guy and Minx give advice on how to let your partner be the expert on herself, how to ask for what you want, and how to resolve an argument and get to the makeup sex.
A listener calls in from Alaska to ask if it's OK to date someone who doesn't communicate well if he's all that's available in her area and she likes him? Alaskan men don't communicate well, but poly standards require communication, and she is afraid of scaring him off if she reveals her personal secrets.
Benjamin Shenker, a poly-friendly lawyer practicing in Maryland and D.C., answers listener legal queries about owning property, child custody, and other tricky legal issues for people practicing polyamory.
Diana Ryan and Kieland McClellan advise a listener who is frustrated with not being able to find a couple to swing with in Wisconsin on how to get the most out of swinging in her community.
Brenda Wiebe, sociologist and social worker turned poly writer, discusses her first book, Catch & Release: How I Used Science to Hack My Love Life.
How to you reassure your new poly partner when you're going to be 8,000 miles away for the next three years? A listener calls in for advice on maintaining connection and avoiding jealousy in a new long-distance polyamorous relationship.
Erich Viedge interviews Chris Deaton about polyamory and how that plays with the power exchange dynamics in BDSM and kink.
Kevin Patterson of the Poly Role Models blog discusses his soon-to-be-released new book on polyamory and race, Love's Not Color Blind: Race and Representation in Polyamorous and Other Alternative Communities
Educator, business owner, and burlesque performer Iris Muscarella discusses the importance of nurturing sisterhood in polyamory--what it looks like, and why it's important. Plus an update on relationship anarchy.
South African correspondent Erich Viedge put together this fun clip show of our best episodes of 2017, including influential books, movies, and articles that helped shape awareness of polyamory around the globe.
